debt of honor

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An obligation, especially a gambling debt based on a verbal promise, which is not legally enforceable but which is considered to be secured by the debtor's moral integrity. US
    — [T]his whole sum, and its amount doubled, was lost at the gaming-table. In his desire to repair his first losses, my father risked double stakes, and thus incurred a debt of honour he was wholly unable to pay.

词形变化

debts of honor plural debt of honour alternative
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